Filed under: Moderate Muslims, Radical Muslims — Michael van der Galien on June 17, 2007 @ 8:00 pm CEST
An interesting discussion about the hijab.
Bahija Hussein: Allow me to finish. No one is entitled to criticize me for not wearing a hijab. It is between me and my God.
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The hijab of our times – which is prevalent in Egypt – does not just erase the girl’s mind, but also her humanity. It erases the humanity of the girl by viewing her as merely ‘awra [parts of the body that must remain covered], and the cause of all disasters and calamities, and by believing that having her wear this all-encompassing tent is what the religion is all about.
Watch the video - one of the other participents, Su’ad Saleh, compared a woman who does not wear a hijab to “an unwrapped piece of candy.”
It is interesting to see that these kinds of discussions take place in Muslim countries like Egypt right now. On the one hand, it is an encouraging sign - moderate Muslims are not letting fundamentalists take over that easy; on the other hand, it is also quite worrisome that it is necessary, especially because of something the moderator said: “But this school of thought which you oppose is the one that prevails, while moderate Islam is nowhere to be seen.”
In other words, moderate Muslims themselves fear that they are losing.
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1 munaeem
June 18, 2007 @ 6:50 am CESTwoman who does not wear a hijab to “an unwrapped piece of candy.”
These hypocrites abuse and torture wrapped piece of candy too.
2 munaeem
June 18, 2007 @ 6:53 am CESTThe Quran says it is a guidance for those who can differentiate between right and wrong.
99.9% of Muslims are hypocrites. They do not follow the golden rules of conduct set for them by Allah and The Prophet.
3 nara
June 18, 2007 @ 3:31 pm CESTwhat u wrote really hurts!! it also shows ignorance about islam ..TRUE ISLAM
im a muslim girl who DECIDED to wear hijab after living part of my life without it in this lie of FREEDOM ..believe it or not, i feel much free in hijab ,much respected and comfortable …and NO ,im not a fundamentlist…im a moderate highly educated ,succesful muslim who loves her religion and obeys her GOD …and so is most of the people i know …
Mis. husain and those like her dont reperesent islam or even understand it ..and believe me..most muslims dont listen to their crab,we keep them speaking to themselves ..i donno from wear they bring their thoughts!!!…actualy the number of EDUCATED,MODERN girls form even classy familes who wear hijab is increasing ..not forced..or even ecouraged by their families .. its increasing on daily basis…
And hijab is not a tent!!.. its beautiful,stylish and respectable .
it really hurts to live misunderstood and misrepresented by others around u..
peace
4 mvdg
June 18, 2007 @ 4:15 pm CESTMunaeem: incredibly offensive, isn’t it? I also find it interesting to see that if one truly believes in it, one degrades oneself and all the others to mere animals.
Nara: what exactly I wrote hurt you?
You are, of course, free to wear the hajib, but it’s the mindset behind it what matters - i believe it is important to talk about that.
5 zoi
August 14, 2007 @ 3:02 pm CESTI think everyone has a right to wear the tye of clothing they want whether it be the hijab or something else amd that right should be respected
6 Islamic Products
September 13, 2007 @ 9:38 pm CESTWe should all have a liberal mind when it comes to dress sense whther dressing with a hijab or a gothic suit i accept all